سورة ق، الآية ١٨
مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ ١٨
mā yalfiẓu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīdun
He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].
Verse 18 of Surah Qaf (50:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 26, on page 519 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record]. He does not utter any statement except that there is an angel anticipating whatever he says, present.
Not a single word he utters but there is with him a vigilant watcher, ready [to record it].
Not a word does he (or she) utter but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).3
[3] (V.50:18) See the footnote (A) of (V.6:61).
He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.
Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (to note it).
He utters not a word but there is by him a watcher at hand.
In no way does he utter a saying except that close to him is a (Guardian) constantly ready.
I said: O Messenger of Allah, what is salvation? He said: "Control your tongue, abide in your house, and weep over your sin."
مَا النَّجَاةُ قَالَ " أَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ وَلْيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ وَابْكِ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِكَ "
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ …
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers, …
وَكُلَّ إِنسَٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَٰهُ طَٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ كِتَٰبًا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا …
And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open. …
يَمْحُوا۟ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِندَهُۥٓ أُمُّ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ
Allāh eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.
